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The Formation of the United Nations! - January 2, 1942
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At the ongoing Arcadia Conference, 26 nations sign the Declaration of the United Nations. Otherwise it is very much a week of motion and changes in motion: in the USSR the Soviets are on .. show full overview
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Washington DC Abandons The Troops in the Field - January 9, 1942
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The US government realizes that it cannot send help to relieve the US and Filipino forces in the Philippines, but it does not tell those forces. Meanwhile in the USSR, a huge Red Army .. show full overview
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German U-Boats to Strike New York - January 16, 1942
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Operation Pauchenslag, long-range German submarines operating just of the US Coast, kicks into action this week, as does the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies. They also take .. show full overview
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The Formalization of Extermination - The Wannsee Conference - January 23, 1942
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Nazi Germany's "Holocaust by Bullets" has already claimed over a million lives over the past 8 months; this week German authorities hold a conference to streamline and systematize the .. show full overview
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Fortress Singapore Stands Alone! - January 30, 1942
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The Japanese advance on Singapore has gotten close enough that the British have destroyed the causeway to Singapore Island. The Japanese are also making attacks in the Solomon Islands, .. show full overview
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Pearl Harbor Avenged! - February 6, 1942
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The Japanese advance in Burma and the Dutch East Indies, but they've reached the end of the Malayan Campaign- Singapore, which they have under siege. They now prepare for the final .. show full overview
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German Army Surrounded: You Did Nazi That Coming! - February 13, 1942
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The Soviet Red Army has managed to surround some 100,000 German soldiers in the Demyansk Pocket. The Allies are surrounded in Fortress Singapore and the Japanese spend the week breaking .. show full overview
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Britain's Worst Defeat - Singapore Falls - February 20, 1942
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The most humiliating defeat in British history according to Winston Churchill- 80,000 men lost as prisoners of war! Humiliated by an enemy far less numerous than themselves! There are .. show full overview
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Japan Destroys Allied Armada in Biggest Naval Battle in Decades - February 27, 1942
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The Japanese are advancing in the Dutch East Indies and Burma, brushing aside defenders, but their biggest victory this week is at sea, when they not only brush aside the ABDA Fleet, but .. show full overview
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The Japanese Raid Australia and the British Raid France - March 6, 1942
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The Japanese advance in Burma continues, threatening Rangoon, and also make landings on Java and New Guinea. They even go so far as an air raid on Broome, Australia. The British are .. show full overview
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Tumbling Capitals - MacArthur on the Run - March 13, 1942
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Rangoon in Burma falls to the invaders without a shot, the Dutch East Indies surrender 100,000 men to them at Batavia, and the Japanese land on New Guinea and begin their advance on port .. show full overview
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Crap Tactics in the Pacific - Shall MacArthur Return? - March 20, 1942
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MacArthur makes one of the most iconic remarks of the whole war, but considering the fact that the Philippines seem unsalvageable, it's pretty unclear just how he'll do it, especially .. show full overview
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New Blitzkrieg Against a Wall of 9 Million! - March 27, 1942
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The Allies make plans to bring the war to Germany by possibly attacking in North Africa. Holding Malta might be the key to such adventures, but it is increasingly harder to do. The .. show full overview
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The Carpet Bombing of Germany begins - April 3, 1942
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Britain's campaign to firebomb the old towns of Germany where civilians reside begins in earnest this week. The British also destroy the port at St. Nazaire in commando action. In the .. show full overview
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America Surrenders - The Fall of Bataan - April 10, 1942
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After holding out since the beginning of the year, the American and Filipino defenders at Bataan can do so no more, and they surrender to the Japanese- the Bataan Death March for the .. show full overview
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America Strikes Back - Tokyo in Flames - April 18, 1942
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The Doolittle Raid is just a little bombing raid over Tokyo that doesn't do that much physical damage. It does, however, have big repercussions- partly in terms of future offensive plans .. show full overview
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Allied Intelligence cracks Japanese codes! - April 24, 1942
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After last week's Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, pretty much the entire Japanese fleet is sent out looking for American ships. They do not find them, but the enormous amount of radio traffic .. show full overview
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Japan - One Battle from Victory? - May 2, 1942
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Now Burma and control of the Burma Road have fallen to the Japanese. Can nothing stop them? The Allies are thinking about maybe using the Solomon Islands as a base to build to try and .. show full overview
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Carrier vs. Carrier - The Battle of Coral Sea - May 9, 1942
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This week sees a major clash between the naval forces of the Japanese and the Allies. Both sides take big damage, though on the tactical level it is a victory for the Japanese. .. show full overview
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Joseph Stalin Jumps the Gun - May 16, 1942
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The Soviets pre-empt a German offensive with one of their own in the south of the Eastern Front, but that's not the only fighting. The skies over Malta and the waters of the Gulf of St. .. show full overview
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AF is short of fresh water - May 23, 1942
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Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov arrives in London to meet with Churchill, but at home in the USSR the Germans have launched an instantly successful offensive. In North Africa and Malta .. show full overview
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Rommel's Desert Dash - The Whole Bloody Afrika Korps! - Gazala - May 30, 1942
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Erwin Rommel begins his surprise new offensive with "Rommel's Moonlight Ride", bringing all of his mighty mobile units to the fray in North Africa, while in the Pacific, dozens of .. show full overview
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Midway, pt.1 - Clash of the Titans - June 5, 1942
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The supposedly surprise Japanese operations against Midway Atoll and the Aleutian Islands kick-off, but they don't know that Allied intelligence has cracked their codes. As the Japanese .. show full overview
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Germany to Strike Strongest Fortress in the World - June 6, 1942
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Midway isn't the only fight right now. Germany is trying to crack the mighty fortress of Sevastopol and take the whole Crimea. In North Africa, Rommel is routing the Allies, but in Malta .. show full overview
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Midway, pt.2 - A New War? - June 7, 1942
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We left off last time with several burning behemoths. Watch today to see the action that follows, not just on the high seas, but also in Alaska. We also turn to Washington DC and Tokyo .. show full overview
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Sevastopol Must Fall! - June 13, 1942
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It's a week of starts and stops. The Battle of Sevastopol kicks into high gear, and the Battle of Gazala enters its third phase. And what is going on in the Pacific just one week after Midway?
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Tobruk: A second siege? - June 20, 1942
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Two convoys head from opposite ends of the Mediterranean to supply Malta, hoping to run interference for each other, and the Battle of Sevastopol continues as the Axis slowly wear down .. show full overview
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Fall Blau Starts...or Does it? - June 27, 1942
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Fall Blau, the huge Axis summer offensive in the Soviet Union, is supposed to being this, but is postponed to next. The smaller Operation Fridericus II does begin though, and what dos .. show full overview
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Fall Blau Begins, Stalin Caught off Guard Again - July 3, 1942
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It's that time of the year again- the time when the Axis Powers drive deep into the Soviet Union. Fall Blau is the name of this year's huge offensive, and it begins this week, making .. show full overview
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Fall Blau - A Victim of It's Own Success? - July 10, 1942
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Adolf Hitler is not happy, and yet phase one of Fall Blau has accomplished all of its goals and done so ahead of the timetable. However, the Soviet Army in 1942 is not the same as that .. show full overview
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Stalingrad Now a Primary Objective?! - Hitler's Chaotic Directives - July 17, 1942
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The second phase of Fall Blau begins with second guessing by the Axis Powers and constant changes in directive. The Soviet Union's response to the successes of the first phase of Fall .. show full overview
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Wehrmacht Conquers 250 Miles of Nothing - July 24, 1942
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The Soviets keep withdrawing from the advancing Axis forces, and Hitler keeps issuing contrary orders to try and stop that, with the results that logistics are getting screwed up and the .. show full overview
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How Hitler Created the World's Worst Traffic Jam - July 27, 1942
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"I said DAMN, this traffic jam... How I hate to be late, hurts my motor to go so slow. Time I get home my supper be cold. Damn, this traffic jam." (James Taylor, the Eastern Front, 1942)
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Not a Step Back! - Wehrmacht Closes in on Stalingrad - July 31, 1942
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Operation Edelweiss opens with a blast, and as the Wehrmacht closes in on Stalingrad, Stalin issues that famous order. There aren't just big actions in the East, the Japanese have landed .. show full overview
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Guadalcanal - Allies Take the Initiative - August 7, 1942
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The Axis Forces are on the move on the Eastern Front and in the Caucasus, but this week the Allies begin an offensive of their own: this week come Allied landings and attacks on .. show full overview
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No Soviet Oil for Hitler - August 14, 1942
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The Axis advance into the Caucasus is going great... except the oil towns they take have no oil, and wasn't that the whole purpose? Meanwhile in the Pacific, the US Navy is suffering .. show full overview
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Swastika Raised on Highest Point in Europe - August 21, 1942
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The Axis advance in the Caucasus takes Mt. Elbrus, and the one on Stalingrad continues, and there are several raids of note this week- a Japanese one on Guadalcanal is destroyed, an .. show full overview
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Yamamoto: Midway Round Two? - August 28, 1942
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The Battle of the Eastern Solomons takes place this week- another carrier battle. As for the Germans, they're advancing on Stalingrad, slowing down in the Caucasus, and Erwin Rommel is preparing to launch another assault in North Africa.
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This War is Three Years Old - September 4, 1942
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As the war turns three there is is no slacking in the fighting. Erwin Rommel launches another Axis attack in North Africa, but it is foiled in only days, though the Axis are advancing in .. show full overview
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Hitler Finally Fed Up with his Army - September 11, 1942
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Adolf Hitler sacks Wilhelm List, Army Group Commander in the Caucasus. His replacement does not have military command experience. The fighting there is still successful this week, .. show full overview
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Stalingrad, Hitler's Obsession - September 13, 1942
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Here's an extra weekly episode for you. The suburbs of Stalingrad have fallen and the fight for the city proper is about to begin, but before it does, three conferences take place that .. show full overview
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Stalingrad Falls? - September 18, 1942
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It's a big week, but by now they all are. The fighting in Stalingrad is intense, the fighting on Guadalcanal is intense, and the US loses a carrier in the Pacific. And the German quest for oil in the Caucasus... how's that going again?
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Stalingrad, Factory by Factory, Room by Room - September 25, 1942
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Franz Halder, German Army Chief of Staff since the war began, loses his job this week, but the offensive this summer has failed to gain any of its objectives and someone has to take the .. show full overview
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This is Russia, The Soviet Thermopylae - October 2, 1942
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The fighting for Stalingrad continues, but the Soviets forces are split and the Volga is on fire. In the Caucasus, the Axis forces for the most part are being held in check- at one point .. show full overview
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Stalingrad Thunderdome: Paulus vs. Chuikov! - October 9, 1942
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Things are looking pretty grim for Vassily Chuikov's 62nd Army in Stalingrad this week, as the German 6th Army launches its biggest series of attacks so far. The Axis are unable to get .. show full overview
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Stalingrad, Stalingrad, Stalingrad, No Retreat! - October 16, 1942
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The Americans win a naval victory off Guadalcanal and even manage to reinforce the Marines there with the first Army units to arrive, but as the week ends the Japanese launch a major .. show full overview
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Showdown at El Alamein - October 23, 1942
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Could this be the beginning of the big break in North Africa? The Allies have the men, the armor, and the fuel... they just have to deal with the Axis minefields to try and get started. .. show full overview
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Nazi General Dies of Heart Attack - October 30, 1942
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The Allies may be on the verge of a breakthrough in North Africa, but they're losing at sea to the Japanese this week, and the Axis are also advancing in the Caucasus, though the street by street struggle at Stalingrad continues as always.
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The Allies Break Through! - November 6, 1942
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After all these months of fighting, the British 8th Army breaks through Erwin Rommel's Axis positions in North Africa, but the Allies have even bigger plans for that theater of war- a .. show full overview
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Axis and Allies Both Invade France - November 13, 1942
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Operation Torch goes off this week, the Allied invasion of French Northwest Africa, but this prompts the Germans to invade European France. This is the Allies first combined major .. show full overview
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The Red Army Kicks Ass - Operation Uranus! - November 20, 1942
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After months of stubborn defense the time has finally come for the Soviet Counterstroke, but is it in time to save Stalingrad? And can the Allies reach Tunis and take all of North Africa before the Axis can reinforce?
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Bigger Than Uranus? - Mars - November 27, 1942
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Last week’s counterattack was just the beginning, for the Soviets launch another giant offensive this week. And things look bad for the Axis powers in the south of the USSR. Meanwhile .. show full overview
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Axis Armies Facing Starvation - December 4, 1942
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The Soviets have launched offensives on the entire eastern front and by now hundreds of thousands of men are surrounded at Stalingrad. The Japanese win a battle at sea, but are losing a war of attrition.
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One Year Since Pearl Harbor - December 11, 1942
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The Japanese try and fail to supply their starving soldiers. The Allies fail to break through in Tunisia and New Guinea. The fighting in the USSR is bloody, but the Axis prepare for a new offensive there.
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Guadalcanal Life Expectancy: 30 Days - December 18, 1942
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Just a few weeks ago massive offensives were launched in North Africa and the Soviet Union, against the Axis. These operations and offensives have now morphed into fully fledged .. show full overview
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A Red Christmas - December 25, 1942
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The Soviet offensive Operation Mars is over; it has failed, but Operation Little Saturn has been such a success that the Axis are forced to cancel their own Operation, Winter Storm, .. show full overview

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